Following the Ravensbourne 3: Ruth Matos manages her time

Who has not been in a situation when work opportunities and commitments happen all at the same time? We never know why it is like that. It can be frustrating and it can take time thinking about what to do. As Paulo Coelho wrote on his book The Winner Stands Alone: ‘Life has many ways of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happening at all or by having everything happening all at once’. These are times when we have to evaluate the situation and our career aims and make decisions based on what will add value to us as professionals.

During the past three months at university I was extremely busy with my projects, and unfortunately had to give up a lot of outside opportunities that came along. As I am in the third year of my course I had to give priority to my university projects. Nevertheless I had a hectic schedule and had to be good at managing my time. It was a big learning curve and I was pleased to still be able to take on a few extra projects to build up my professional experience.

The most important project was my dissertation titled ‘O MORRO’ (The Hill). It is about the role of the Favelas (slums) as a predominant part of Brazilian Cinema.

As a Brazilian who has been out of the country for over 20 years I found this subject very exciting. It was a motivation for me to learn about the cinema of my native country.

To be able to understand and write about it, I had to research the history of the Brazilian cinema to the present day as well watched many films that have Favelas on it from different decades. I watched very interesting films from older times with different approaches to Favela then the recent ones, including Barak Obama’s mum favourite film called Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus, 1959).

Another important submission I had this term was a group project, six minutes documentary. Our group had the idea of talking about the Magnificent Seven. The Magnificent Seven was the name given to the seven largest cemeteries in London, built between 1832 and 1841 to increase the capacity of burial grounds due to the growth of population during the industrial revolution. It was another very exciting subject to work on; the contributors were exceptionally keen to talk about their knowledge regarding the cemeteries. Cinematically these cemeteries are so rich that we got enough footage for a feature documentary, and we may decide to work on this during next term.

While working on these two projects for my course, I worked for TV-Bay BroadcastShow at BVE 2013 (Broadcast Video Exhibition), an exhibition that takes place every year in London. It is the British version of NAB in Las Vegas or IBC in Amsterdam.

I worked as a Floor Manager, it was a new experience for me in the broadcasting world and I really enjoyed it. The crew from the Broadcast Show was fantastic; everybody was so kind, friendly and very professional, I learnt lot from them; from managing to technical aspects of a live show. I had the opportunity to operate a Polecam during the live studio shows, and also operated a handheld camera for a while, interviewing some attendees at the exhibition. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Simon Tillyer, Matt Robbins and Jon Pratchett for their exceptional support.

At the moment I am working with my partner Amir Rezazadeh, on a pre-production of a music video for an up coming singer called Mike Simpkins and few other University projects.

ERA at BVE North 2011

Pilat Media at IBC2011

Netia at IBC2011

Globecast at IBC2011

Tedial at IBC2011

TSL at IBC2011

Media Management discussed at BVE

We are all familiar with statistics about the growth of the internet. Cisco’s latest report, for instance, says that global IP traffic is increasing at 26% a year, and will reach 4.8 zetabytes a year by 2022. The number of connected devices will be three times the world’s population by the same date.

The use of KVM equipment has been essential to meet the evolving needs of the broadcast industry for many years. Over that time, many in the industry have recognised the importance of using IP-enabled KVM to break down technological barriers and enable real-time access to visuals wherever and whenever they’re needed. These components are vital parts in live production environments in particular.

The Brothers Lynch explain how they created the sinister atmospheric world for their new sci-fi short

In a post-apocalyptic world where humankind has emerged victorious in a war against artificial intelligent machines, a young girl dares to venture into the unknown. This is Zero, the new sci-fi short film from acclaimed British writer-director duo The Brothers Lynch which has premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Shooting in ultra high definition and high dynamic range has become the preferred option for all television productions with a potentially long commercial life. The hir-ing charge and indeed the outright purchase cost of cameras of this standard are not significantly greater than those of high definition standard dynamic range models. With half the world's news reporters now able to capture UHD video on their mobile phones, why give the production crews anything less?

London director Sam Addo tells us more about how he aims to change the status quo when it comes to onscreen diversity with his new feature, Cards on the Table.

“Over the past thirty years, filmmakers have made movies telling a wide range of stories, however, in my humble opinion, those with disabilities, from the LGBTQ+ community and or those from ethnic minorities remain underrepresented on screen. For example, it is rare to find a film where the lead character has a disabil ity, and that underrepresentation is worrying.”

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